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1968 protests at Columbia University called attention to 'Gym Crow' and got worldwide attention

  • Written by Stefan M. Bradley, Chair, Department of African American Studies, Loyola Marymount University
Black power militant H. Rap Brown and Stokely Carmichael (right) appeared at a sit-in protest at Columbia University in New York City on April 26, 1968.AP

“If they build the first story, blow it up. If they sneak back at night and build three stories, burn it down. And if they get nine stories built, it’s yours. Take it over, and...

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Chronic pain after trauma may depend on what stress gene variation you carry

  • Written by Sarah Linnstaedt, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
More than 100 million American suffer from chronic pain -- in which pain signals continue in the nervous system for weeks, months, or even years. pathdoc/Shutterstock.com

Unfortunately, almost every individual in the world will experience at least one traumatic event, such as a car crash, assault, exposure to war combat or a natural disaster during...

Read more: Chronic pain after trauma may depend on what stress gene variation you carry

Petróleo venezolano provoca el auge y caída del régimen de Ortega en Nicaragua

  • Written by Benjamin Waddell, Associate Professor of Sociology, Fort Lewis College

La popularidad del presidente de Nicaragua Daniel Ortega ha disminuido drásticamente.

En enero del 2018, obtuvo el más alto nivel de aprobación entre los presidentes centroamericanos, con un 54 por ciento de apoyo. Hoy los nicaragüenses piden la renuncia inmediata de Ortega.

Ortega, el ex guerrillero sandinista que...

Read more: Petróleo venezolano provoca el auge y caída del régimen de Ortega en Nicaragua

El petróleo venezolano provoca el auge y caída del régimen de Ortega en Nicaragua

  • Written by Benjamin Waddell, Associate Professor of Sociology, Fort Lewis College

La popularidad del presidente de Nicaragua Daniel Ortega ha disminuido drásticamente.

En enero del 2018, obtuvo el más alto nivel de aprobación entre los presidentes centroamericanos, con un 54 por ciento de apoyo. Hoy los nicaragüenses piden la renuncia inmediata de Ortega.

Ortega, el ex guerrillero sandinista que...

Read more: El petróleo venezolano provoca el auge y caída del régimen de Ortega en Nicaragua

Glioblastoma topples an American hero, but researchers will continue the fight

  • Written by Duane Mitchell, Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Florida
Sen. John McCain pictured on July 27, 2017. McCain returned to Washington after surgery for glioblastoma to cast a 'no' vote to a Republican-backed bill to repeal Obamacare.Cliff Owen/AP Photo

Sen. John McCain withstood beatings and torture as a prisoner of war, but he was confronted with an enemy in July 2017 that he was ultimately unable to...

Read more: Glioblastoma topples an American hero, but researchers will continue the fight

Why you can smell rain

  • Written by Tim Logan, Instructional Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University
Your nose knows what's on the way.Lucy Chian/Unsplash, CC BY

When those first fat drops of summer rain fall to the hot, dry ground, have you ever noticed a distinctive odor? I have childhood memories of family members who were farmers describing how they could always “smell rain” right before a storm.

Of course rain itself has no scent....

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Why it's so hard to hold priests accountable for sex abuse

  • Written by Carolyn M. Warner, Associate Director of Graduate Studies & Professor, Arizona State University

A grand jury report recently found shocking levels of child sex abuse in the Catholic Church. It uncovered, in six dioceses, the sexual abuse of over 1,000 children and named 301 perpetrator priests. It also found that religious officials had turned a blind eye to the abuse.

In response, Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, wrote a...

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Turkish currency isn't the real problem for Erdoğan, it's democracy

  • Written by Gary M. Grossman, Associate Director, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip ErdoganAP/Presidential Press Service pool photo

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is presiding over the damaging loss of value of the Turkish currency, the lira, against foreign currencies. It’s the most severe economic crisis the country has faced since he assumed power.

Erdoğan has been the...

Read more: Turkish currency isn't the real problem for Erdoğan, it's democracy

Qatar's $15 billion snub of Trump over Turkey puts another key US relationship in Middle East at risk

  • Written by Nader Habibi, Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University

The U.S. and Qatar have been key allies for decades, with close military and economic ties. Qatar is home to the United States’ biggest base in the region, and in turn the U.S. has pledged to protect the small, oil rich country that juts out into the Persian Gulf.

But the relationship is being tested like never before by the latest example...

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The few humanities majors who dominate in the business world

  • Written by Sami Mahroum, Senior Lecturer, INSEAD
Students often believe a STEM degree will serve them better in the job market.M-SUR/shutterstock

In the mid-1990s, technology-driven economic growth induced a strong demand for science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, skills.

This development came at the expense of humanities and liberal arts.

More people, especially women, enrolled...

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  19. For some Catholics, it is demons that taunt priests with sexual desire
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